As you know, I’m always working on something, whether it’s freelance art, livestreams, game development, comics and way too much! I want to literally draw everything because I’m a crazy workaholic who’s never comfortable with his output.
Since I needed a real break, I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to see their Chicago Comics Exhibit over the weekend. It’s the first time I’ve been downtown in a year, so this was a great outing for me.
Chicago’s a breeding ground for obscure cartoonists and indie comic artists. I’m amazed that there are black cartoonists who worked on stuff back in the day such as Jackie Ormes, Jay Jackson, and Charles Johnson. It legitimizes some feeling about my own work.
Going through this exhibit is exposing me to obscure indie comics that I hadn’t heard of such as the Bijou Funnies by Jay Lynch.
As a fan of Ghost World and later Eightball, I was excited to see the display of art by Daniel Clowes.
Chris Ware’s giant pages are a highlight of the trip! His book pages are so detailed because his original drawings are huge! My crappy phone camera can’t do this trip justice, so you’d need to come out to Chicago to see for yourself!
On the same weekend, I stopped by the Museum of Science and Industry for the Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes exhibit! There’s lots of movie props, but what I’m happy about is finding original art pages!
Nice to see rarer original pages outside a convention. It’s quiet enough to examine the ink strokes and learn how textures were done in ink!
Seeing the little bits of white paint and cut-outs is a nice reminder that even the best make mistakes!
Seeing the actual pages of cartoonists in person is reinvigorating me! I want to get back to drawing with a nib again!